Asom Gana Parishad is a political party in the state of Assam,India. The AGP was formed following the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13 to 14 October 1985 in Golaghat,which also allowed Prafulla Kumar Mahanta who was the youngest chief minister of the state to be elected. The AGP has formed government twice once in 1985 then again in 1996. The popularity of AGP surged in the late 1980s but declined in the 2000s. After a 20-year gap,AGP,in alliance with NDA,won a Lok Sabha seat in 2024.
Tarun Gogoi was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. During his tenure as the chief minister,he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state's fiscal condition.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician who serving as 9th Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways since 2024. He also the Member of the Rajya Sabha representing Assam since 2021 and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021. He is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021 and the former of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli from 2016 until he resigned in 2021 and from Moran constituency from 2001 to 2004. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2016. He has also served as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs,Government of India,from 2014 to 2016 and the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development from 2014 to 2014 and the member of the Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur from 2014 to 2016 and from Dibrugarh from 2004 to 2009. He was also the member of the Asom Gana Parishad from 2001 to 2011.
Khwairakpam Loken Singh is a politician from Manipur,India. He is an ex-MLA and ex-Minpur (GoM). He was also president of the All Manipur Students' Union AMSU in 1984.
Himanta Biswa Sarma is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 15th and current Chief Minister of Assam since 2021. A former member of the Indian National Congress,Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2015 and soon was made convenor of NEDA. He is a five time Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Jalukbari,having been elected since 2001.
The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases,on 4 and 11 April 2016,to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam,a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%,which set a new record for Assam. The turnout was an increase from the 2011 Assembly election figure of 75%.
Pramila Rani Brahma is a Bodo Politician and social worker from Assam who was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Kokrajhar East constituency as a member of the Bodoland People's Front from 1991 to 2021 and the Minister of Forest and Environment,Soil Conservation and Mines and Mineral Departments,Government of Assam in the Sarbananda Sonowal ministry from 2016 to 2019 and the Minister of Agriculture and Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Castes,Government of Assam in the Tarun Gogoi ministry from 2006 to 2010.
The North-East Democratic Alliance is a political coalition that was formed on May 24,2016,by Bharatiya Janata Party. The motive of the new political front was to unite non-Congress parties in Northeast India. Himanta Biswa Sarma was appointed as the convenor of the front.
Siddhartha Bhattacharya is a politician from the state of Assam.He is the son of former Leader of Opposition,Assam,Gaurishankar Bhattacharyya. He was a Cabinet Minister of Education of Assam and a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Sonowal ministry was the state ministry of Assam headed by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal from 2016 till 2021. The ministry was formed on 24 May 2016 on the aftermath of the 2016 legislative assembly election which resulted in the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging as the majority party.
Pradan Baruah is an Indian politician who is member of Parliament and elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur seat since November 2016. He won the by-election in November 2016,after the sitting member Sarbananda Sonowal resigned from the seat in May 2016 after becoming the Chief Minister of Assam. He was earlier the member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Dhemaji Assembly constituency in Dhemaji district.
Rajib Lochan Pegu is an Indian politician who was the member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli Assembly constituency in Majuli district. He was Minister of water resources in Tarun Gogoi government.
Ranjit Dutta is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He is presently a member of Assam Legislative Assembly since 2016 for the Behali constituency. He served as MLA of Behali from 2001 to 2011. He was a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led government from 2016 to 2021.
Rihon Daimary in Udalguri,Assam is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bodoland People's Front. He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led government in 2016. He has been elected for the fourth time from the Udalguri constituency.
Bhabesh Kalita is an Indian politician and businessman of Bharatiya Janata Party from Assam who is serving as the President of BJP,Assam state unit since 2021. He represents the Rangiya constituency in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2016. He joined the BJP in 1991 and was secretary of the BJP,Assam state unit in 2006 to 2011 and general secretary from 2011. He was Minister of State for Irrigation and Minister of State for Education in Sarbananda Sonowal ministry from 2016 to 2021.
Sanjoy Kishan is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016,representing the Tinsukia constituency.
Pallab Lochan Das is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He was elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2011 and 2016 from Rangapara constituency. He was the Member of Parliament from Tezpur. He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led government in 2016.
The 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election was the 15th quinquennial legislative assembly election held in the Indian state of Assam from March 27 to April 6 in three phases,to elect 126 MLAs to the 15th Assam Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the result declared on Sunday,2 May. The term of the previous Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Assam ended on 31 May 2021.
The Sarma ministry is the current council of ministers of the Government of Assam which has been in office since 10 May 2021. The ministry is headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and consists of 16 cabinet ministers. The chief minister and 14 other ministers were sworn-in into office by Governor Jagdish Mukhi on 10 May 2021.
Rameswar Dhanowar was an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress for Digboi. He was made a minister in Hiteswar Saikia and Tarun Gogoi’s cabinet.
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